Being
as this is a story with straight people in it there will be some
straight sex. I hope it doesn't offend any of you, but it's a
necessity to this story. Anyway I made a Yahoo! Group so that people
can keep in touch and tell me there ideas about the story. This is
the address for the site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/highschoolx/
and I hope that people will join the group and tell me everything you
think of the story. I do realize that there are a lot of blanks in my
story. The straight sex may be very visual so if you don't want to
read it you may need to skip a portion of Kevin's narrative and
Jamie's.

''
Yeah you are! She killed me Story! Not you! This isn't your fight and
if I'm not stressing over it, you shouldn't be either. Let it go!”

She
quickly stood up and got right in my face.

Story:
“She tried to take you away from me Jude! You're one of the few
people I have left. And that bitch had the nerve to try and
take that away from me!”

''
Her time will come Story. You can't stay locked up in here all the
time. We're all worried about you and we hardly even see you anymore.
I don't want you to do this.”

Story:
“I have to.”

I
was going to reply, but I had already lost her attention. She was
again entranced with the notes and files she had collected on
Mystique. When Jamie confirmed that Mystique was my killer and when
she saw her at the White House, it was just to much. She was bent on
killing her, and I would have to find some way to stop her. I walked
out of her room and down to the Rec Room. I knew Xander was down here
and I really wanted to talk to him. I saw him over near a group of
people and it looked like they were having a pretty heated
discussion.

Xander:
“Lay off of him. He's been through enough.”

Guy
#1: “We're all mutants, but you all are true freaks.
You're never going to have any friends here.”

Girl
#1: Andrew stop it. That's not fair, and it's not true.”

Guy
#2: “Kitty you're so naive. They're just waiting for
an opportunity to get us when we're off guard. That's why the
Professor won't train them.”

Kitty:
“Screw both of you. Duke you're just a muscle-head, and Dirk
you've never had an original thought.”

I
laughed quietly to myself, but I stayed a little ways away so I could
keep listening.

Kitty:
“What do you think Raven?”

Raven:
“I think you guys need to give the kid a break. How many people
do you know who are okay after they died?”

Duke:
“Whatever. Everyone is afraid of him.”

Dirk:
“Yeah. Everyone is.”

Raven:
“I'm not, and I know Kitty isn't.”

I
finally stepped towards them and true to her words Kitty and Raven
didn't flinch, but Duke and Dirk almost shit themselves.

''
That's good. I wouldn't want to scare anyone.”

Kitty:
“Of course you wouldn't. These guys are just idiots.”

Raven:
“I'd have to agree.”

Kitty:
“It's a shame we have hateful people in a place like this. It's
supposed to be a sanctuary.”

Xander:
“For some it is.”

Jude:
“Just not for us.”

They
looked pretty upset, but they didn't say anything else. Xander
excused himself and we walked out of the room.

''
How did that conversation get started?”

Xander:
“That guy Dirk asked me how I could be friends with you guys?
Like I'm not one of you.”

''
Oh.”

Xander:
“Then he asked if I felt safe around someone with your problem.
And I think you heard the rest.”

''
Do you feel safe around me?”

Xander:
“Of course. Why shouldn't I?”

''
A lot of anger has been directed at all of you. But I never
physically attacked any of the others. Except Jamie, but I just
pushed him and well Jubilee, but I was just really upset with the
things she said.”

Xander:
“They were really hurtful. But I don't think she really meant
them.”

''
I know she didn't but it still hurt.”

We
ended up walking out towards the Fountain and some people looked at
us warily, but we ignored them, and after nothing happened, they all
relaxed again.

He
wasn't looking at me, but I could tell something was on his mind.

''
What is it?”

Xander:
“Oh.... Nothing. I'm just thinking is all.”

''
About what?”

Xander:
“A lot of things. My memory, all of you guys, you especially,
and then Riley.”

That
name always ended up in the conversations. I knew the were close
friends and I couldn't believe I was getting jealous when I had a
friend like that in Seven.

Xander:
“He called me. Last night actually. Said he wanted to come
visit.”

''
Oh. What did you tell him?”

Xander:
“That I would run it by the Professor. I doubt he'll say 'Yes'
though.”

Now
I was the one who was closing up. I didn't want to share Xander with
anyone. Especially not someone like Riley, because they had a past
that was ripped away from the both of them.

''
You guys are really close, even though you lost all memories of him
before you woke up.”

Xander:
“It's surprising, but I just feel like he's supposed to be
there. He's a good friend and I could tell we were really close. Even
though you've never lost your memories.... Don't you feel like Seven
is supposed to be in your life? You have sex with him I know, but
isn't it more than that?”

''
Believe it or not.... We weren't always friends. I always thought he
was trying to steal my spotlight, but then when I got to know him, I
couldn't stop hanging out with him. You're right... I couldn't
imagine my life without him.”

This
didn't make me feel better, it actually made what I was feeling even
worse. I wanted Xander. Even if he wouldn't admit it, he wanted both
Riley and myself. But what was more, I wanted Seven also. I never
wanted to hurt Xander, but what if Seven came into the picture and I
couldn't help myself. Xander and I hadn't even done anything yet, but
it was only a matter of time. I think he saw the change in my
attitude and he had a look of concern on his face. I instantly
brightened up so he wouldn't ask me any questions.

Xander:
“Do you want to go for a swim. It's getting kind of warm out
here and I wouldn't mind getting wet.”

I
agreed and as we separated to get our swim trunks, the weight of
everything came crashing back on me. A swim was just what I needed
right now. Maybe I could drown my problems in the pool.

We
met back in less than five minutes and when Xander made it to the
pool, I could hardly take my eyes off of him. He was slim and he had
just enough definition to not be considered lanky. I had seen him
completely nude before, but now I could admire him without being
rushed. I couldn't take my attention off of him, but I noticed that I
wasn't the only one stuck looking at him. Girls and guys were both
taking him in, but he passed by all of them without a second glance.
I actually don't think he was aware of the effect he had on people. I
smiled when he got close and surprising him, I grabbed him around his
waste and threw him as hard as I could. He soared through the air and
then crashed into the water. I flew up to the diving board and after
running and jumping, I did a tornado spin into the water. I'm sure I
created a pretty good splash, but I was spinning so fast, I couldn't
even tell. I surfaced a few moments later, and when I did a saw a
shadow covering the pool. As I looked up, I saw it was Xander and he
was coming right at me. I took a deep breath and he collided into me.
We were wrestling around in the water and just having a good time. We
were playing for all of about an hour, when it got a little cooler,
so we climbed out of the pool. We were both dripping wet, and Xander
looked so much better with water dripping off of him. I didn't want
to start drooling, so I pulled my eyes away from him and found two
empty lounge chairs. We were in between two girls I had flirted with
before my accident, but I wasn't really interested in them right now.
Just sitting there looking at him, my emotions finally got the best
of me.

''
Xander....”

Xander:
“What?”

''
What if I told you I didn't want you to invite him here?”

Xander:
“What do you mean?”

I
didn't care if these two were listening, the school knew about me
fore sure by now. Even though I trusted most of the people in the
room when I was outed, things had a mysterious way of getting out. As
strong and as much control as Xavier and Jean had, even they couldn't
contain every stray thought.

''
Can we go somewhere more private?”

He
raised up from the lounge chair and I followed him. We went into the
Mansion and as we went up the main stairs, I figured we were going to
his room. We got to his door and after going inside, he locked the
door behind us.

Xander:
“My roommate is gone for the week.”

''
Cool.”

Xander:
“So what's this all about? What do you mean you don't want him
here?”

''
I like you Xander. I mean I really like you. If you're friend Riley
came here, I'd feel like you would choose him over me.”

Xander:
“If we got into something Jude, I wouldn't do that to you. I
hope I can never treat anyone like that. And I definitely wouldn't
want to hurt a friend.”

He
was just sitting in the small chair Lay-Z-Boy chair seat in his room
and I realized we were finally alone. I walked over to him, and as I
did I started to pull the strings on my trunks. He saw what I was
doing and a small smile spread across his face. I knew he wouldn't go
all the way, but I could give him a little preview. He was so damn
sexy. I slid my shorts down and Xander sucked in a little air and his
chest started rising and falling. I got down on my knees and started
taking the string out of his shorts. I hooked my fingers around his
waist, and after he lifted up a little, a slid the trunks off of his
body. I grabbed his penis in my hand and stroked him up and down for
a little bit until he was hard. I was still impressed at how big he
was for someone so skinny, even though he was bulking up. He was
almost 9” so it was very impressive. He was a little longer
than me because I was only 8” and he was thick, but I was a lot
thicker. I got closer to the head of his dick, and after looking at
it closely, I ran my tongue from the base of his dick to the head. He
tasted perfect and after I licked around the crown of his dick for a
bit, I took the head into my mouth. I closed my eyes and really got
into it. I was trying to make this the best blow-job he had ever
gotten. If Riley had ever done this for him, I wanted it to be better
than that. I had only ever sucked off Seven, but I was putting those
skills to use, and I thought I was doing a pretty decent job. I was
bobbing up and down and Xander was quietly moaning.

I
had been going at it for about thirty minutes and my mouth was
getting tired, but I was being a trooper. I was stroking myself off
while I was sucking him, and I was almost ready to pop. I finally
felt his balls drawing up and I was contemplating what I should do. I
didn't know if I wanted to swallow or finish him off with my hand,
but I finally made the decision that this was supposed to be special
for him. So as he started squirming around in the chair, I sucked
even harder on him and not even seconds later he was unloading in my
mouth. I didn't focus so much on the taste because it wasn't that
bad, but I let it linger on my tongue for only about a second before
I swallowed it down. He shot about seven thick loads and after he
finished cumming, I cleaned him off and stood up. I started pulling
my meat even faster and a few seconds later, I was unloading all over
Xander's chest. I slowly lowered myself back to the floor and just
tried to catch my breath. I looked at Xander and he had a small smile
on his face. He didn't look like he had much energy either, but he
brought his finger up to my cum and scooped some up. He sniffed it at
first and then put his whole finger in his mouth and when he pulled
it out, it was completely clean. I had to laugh at that and then I
asked if I could use his shower. I didn't wanna go around with my
breath or body smelling like him all day. I wanted to go all the way,
but this would do for now. And hopefully it would get his mind off of
Riley for a little bit.

Serenity

I
decided that I should take my baby out for a drive. I had been cooped
up in the house for a few days and I needed some fresh air. Story was
practically ghost, Carson wasn't any fun because he was always
thinking about Story. Jamie and Jubilee couldn't pull themselves away
from each other and that went for Casey and Kevin too. Even Xander
and Jude were always together. Since I'm pretty sure I was the only
person who knew about Xander, I was pretty sure what they were doing.
I jumped into my car and drove to town. I mean I was happy for them
or whatever, but it sucked being left out. I couldn't do everything
they did. I was tempted to call Faryn on my cellphone, but even she
had a boyfriend and she couldn't relate to how I was feeling right
now. I looked in a few stores and picked up a few pairs of heels, but
I wasn't really seeing any good stuff. So I drove around a little
more and finally came across this shop 'Isle of Magi'. It
looked pretty cool, so I got out of the car and went up to the door.
I was about to open it, when a sign caught my attention.

Pay
Close Attention:

Magic
is not a game.Please do not think it is so.Only
true people of magic should enter.When the world is
changing... Magic is at its' center.If you can
handle these responibilites...

ENTER

YOU
HAVE BEEN ADVISED!

I
was pretty freaked out at first, but I slowly opened the door and
entered. I was expecting to find shrunken heads and hanging chicken
bones and shit, but there was none of that. There was a massive
collection of books and a lot of interesting looking trinkets. I
walked further into the store and picked up one of the smaller
trinkets. It didn't have any description, but as I was about to put
it down, a girl about my age came out of the back.

Girl:
“I didn't know anyone was here.”

''
Just stepped in to check things out. Just browsing around.”

Girl:
“You didn't read the sign.”

''
I did. I still came in though.”

Girl:
“Have you used magic before?”

''
No. Never.”

Girl:
“Follow me Serenity.”

''
Wha....How... How do you know my name?”

Girl:
“The trinket you're holding. It gives off readings of the
wearer. Any person with experience could pick it up.”

I
dropped the thing back in the basket and followed her.

Girl:
“Do you have any interest? Or are you just bored?”

I
figured she know if I was lying.

''
A little of both. Sorry.”

Girl:
“(laughing) No need. Something drew you here.”

I
followed her into another room and there were even more books in
here. She took a few off of the shelves and she sat them down on the
table. I figured she would have had on a shawl and some funky rings
and bracelets, but she had none of that. She just had on some regular
clothes. I guess I was being really stereotypical, but I didn't know
any better. She laid one of the books down and it was completely
empty.

''
What's this?”

She
waved her hand over it and words instantly appeared. Upon closer
inspection, it was just the story of Hansel and Gretel. I looked up
at her in shock, but she just smiled and stood up.

''
I didn't really believe any of this. How did you do that?”

Girl:
“My magic.”

''
Are you a witch?”

Girl:
“Something like that.”

''
A mutant?”

Girl:
“Yes. I am.”

''
This is fascinating. I've never seen anything like this before.”

All
of a sudden, there was a BOOMing yell from the back of the store and
a look of horror passed over her face.

Man:
“WANDA! Get back here now!”

She
looked at me quickly and then fled from the room. I sat idly for a
second and then stood up. I walked slowly to the entrance she had
went in and pulled the curtain back slowly. There was a very old and
broken man with white hair and wrinkled skin sitting in a chair and I
saw Wanda kneeling by his side. I looked further into the room, and I
saw a boy who looked around Wanda's age sitting in another chair. He
had a bruise forming under his eye and he was rubbing it slowly. He
was interesting because he had hair that was white, just as if he was
the old man.

Man:
“Find him! I want him here now!”

Wanda:
“Father... I don't think that's a good idea. He's unstable and
his memory is non-existant.”

Man:
“I don't want to hear that. Get him here now.”

Wanda:
“Father....”

She
was cut off when his hand came crashing down on her face. She fell to
the ground and looked up at him in shock. Even in his decrepit state,
he was still a menacing man.

Man:
“I don't care what you think Witch. You will do as I say or you
will suffer by my hand.”

He
grabbed her by hair and pulled her up so they were looking face to
face. She groaned in pain, but she nor the other boy sitting there
did anything.

Man:
“Do I make myself clear?”

Wanda:
“Yes father.”

Man:
“Good.”

He
released her hair and she fell back to the ground. He made his way
out of the room, and the boy moved over to her.

Boy:
“It'll be okay Scarlet. We'll just find Joseph and bring him
here.”

Wanda:
“And then what? What happens to us Pietro? Once he gets his
strength back, he won't need us.”

Pietro:
“We'll have to fight him when that time comes.”

Wanda:
“We would never win. You know that.”

Pietro:
“Then we'll have to find help. Fast!”

They
got up and walked out of the room into another room, and I made my
way back into the other area. I hated what I just saw, but I couldn't
let her know I was in her business. I walked slowly around the room
and as I browsed around the books, I saw one in a glass case the
caught my eye. I walked over and opened the case and took the book
out. I was flipping through the pages and I couldn't understand any
of it. I closed it and looked at the cover, but there was just a big
Don it. I was about to open it again, when an energy bolt flew
at it, and I dropped it back into the case.

Wanda:
“No! You must never look at that book!”

''
I'm sorry! I was just curious.”

Wanda:
“It's not to be toyed with.”

''
Okay....Okay. I get it.”

I
closed the glass shelf and backed away from it. She was looking at me
warily and I was doing the same to her. I saw the shiner forming
under her eye and I knew her face had to be hurting.

''
I think it's time for me to go.”

Wanda:
“I'm sorry to scare you away..... But please do come back.”

''
Sure. Of course.”

I
got my purse up and walked through the room and out the door. I was
very scared, not for myself, but for Wanda and her brother Pietro.
Almost as soon as I walked out the door, the closed sign was up and
the place was shut down. I got in my car and after picking up a few
more items of clothing, I went back to the Mansion. This, I needed to
discuss with my friends.

~
~ ~

Casey:
“So what are we supposed to do?”

''
I don't know. But I figured maybe we could get Jean or Logan to go
over there and check things out. Their dad had to be a mutant. He was
old, but he was so scary, and they were so afraid of him.”

Xander:
“You don't even know these people.”

''
That's not the point. I really just want to look into this or
something. I didn't get a chance to talk to her brother, but I talked
to her and she was so nice.”

Jamie:
“I don't get it though.... You said she was a witch.”

''
That's what he called her. And it was a magic store. Isle of
something.”

Jude:
“Magi. I almost went in there, but I helped this girl instead.”

Jubilee:
“It sounds weird. I mean I've heard of magic, but I never
thought it was real.”

''
I'm not even sure if she's a witch... Maybe her power is like
controlling magic or something. I'm not sure.”

Kevin:
“I think we should check it out. But we might want to have a
teacher present. We can't all just go strolling in there.”

There
was a small knock at the door and then Story poked her head in. We
were in a spare class room and I guess she had found us. She hadn't
even been around for the last couple days, so it was good to see her.

Story:
“Hey.....”

We
all said 'Hey!' back except for Carson. He hadn't really been saying
much, but now that she was here, he kind of turned off completely. I
thought that he was going to say something rude, but he just got up
and walked out of the room. He brushed past her and she looked at him
in disbelief. Her eyes were all wet, but she came and sat down
inside.

Jubilee:
“It's good to see you.”

Story:
“Yeah. I've just been really busy with stuff.”

Jude:
“Stuff?”

She
ignored him and asked us what we were talking about instead. I
explained to her, and she was on board for checking things out.

Story:
“I think it's a good idea. But only some people should go.”

Kevin:
“If we're going to go.... I think we should get one of the
teachers.”

We
decided that only a few of us would go and as we broke off we each
went out separate ways. We agreed that sometime next week would be a
better time to go, and after I finished some classwork, I asked Ms.
Monroe and Logan if they could come with us. They agreed and I went
up to bed. I got into my room, took a shower, and was just slipping
into a robe when Story walked in the room. Now we were all cool and
all very close friends, but Story was definitely my best friend. I
wrapped my hair up into a ponytail and started walking to my bed. I
didn't look at her because we hadn't really talked much in the last
couple of days.

Story:
“Serenity....”

''
Yeah?”

Story:
“Can I talk to you for a bit?”

''
Sure.”

Story:
“I haven't meant to be so....absent lately. It's just...”

''
The revenge thing.”

Story:
“I just feel like my brother deserves justice. Look what she
did.”

''
Your brother is alive Story. What else can you ask for?”

Story:
“I want her to feel the same way I felt. I want her to suffer
like I did. Like we all did.”

''
She will Story. Eventually! What she did will come back on her. If
you do something to her, it'll come back on you.”

Story:
“What about the fighting that goes on here?”

''
You're unprovoked. I know what she did was wrong, but another wrong
doesn't right a wrong. I don't want you to do this.”

Story:
“I'm just scared is all. It could happen again.”

''
It'll never happen again. We won't let it.”

We
sat the for a little bit and we were just thinking I guess.

Story:
“About your friend? What about the guy you saw?”

''
He was just so scary. They were so afraid of him, and he gave me the
creeps.”

Story:
“Everything will be okay. We'll help your friends out and send
that guy packing.”

''
I hope it's that easy.”

Story:
“Come on. Let's get to bed. We have class tomorrow.”

~
~ ~

The
day we were supposed to do the shop, I woke up and something just
didn't feel right. I mean we were supposed to go to the magic shop
today, but something in the pit of my stomach was just making me
scared. I got out of bed and washed up and then made my way
downstairs. We agreed to meet up early, so we settled on 10am, and by
11 o'clock, we were on our way. It was myself, Jude, Casey, Carson,
and Jamie. There was a lot of chatter going on around me, but I
wasn't hearing any of it. For some reason my body was screaming at me
to cancel this thing and turn the car around. But by the time I had
built up the courage to talk to Logan, we were there. I slowly got
out of the car and just looked at the store. Something in there was
really sinister and we could be walking right into a trap. I looked
around and everyone was waiting on me, so I walked up to the door and
opened it. There were a few customers looking at some books and
trinkets, but they didn't concern me at the moment. I knew where I
could find Wanda, but I didn't want to be disrespectful, so we waited
along with the rest of the customers.

We
had been waiting for about twenty minutes, when the curtain was
pulled back and Pietro walked out with Wanda. He noticed me first,
and nudged Wanda on her side. She looked at me for all of about a
second, but her eyes roamed past me and she looked at Logan and Ms.
Monroe. Her face contorted into a mask of fear and she shrieked in
horror. I sent a message to the customers to get out and after a few
minutes we were alone. I was about to say something, but before I
could register what happened, myself and everyone behind me was sent
crashing into the wall. I thought it might have been Wanda, but it
was her brother. He was moving so fast that I hadn't seen him push
me. We all got up from the floor and faced off. Pietro was on the
move again, but using my mind, I slowed things down and tracked his
movements. I don't know what it looked like to the others, but I felt
like I had an adrenaline rush. I saw Pietro running for Logan, but I
did a sidestep and kicked him in his ribs. I felt the vibration from
the speed travel up my foot, but when I blinked he had crashed into
one of the bookshelves. Wanda looked at me with rage in her eyes and
she sent a magic bolt at me. I dodged out of the way, but I wasn't
sure if it hit someone else. They had respectfully given me space to
take care of this by myself. She sent bolt after bolt at me, but I
avoided them repeatedly. I was going to attack with my own powers,
but I didn't want to scare her. I waited until she paused in sending
her power my way to try and talk to her.

''
Wanda Stop!”

She
was pissed off! I could tell, but I hadn't attacked her yet.

''
Wanda listen to me.... We came here to help you.”

Wanda:
“Help?! You brought them here Serenity. How could you?”

''
Wanda I swear I didn't know. I still don't know what's going on.”

Wanda:
“You all have to leave now.”

''
We're here to help... Please let us help.”

Wanda:
“You can't help us Serenity. No one can.”

She
had a defeated look on her face and I could tell she had already
given up the fight against her father.

''
Wanda I don't believe that. I know we can help. I saw what your
father did.”

Logan
stepped up to me in shock and he was almost stuttering as he talked
to Wanda.

Logan:
“He's here?”

Wanda:
“Yes! You all have to get out of here now!”

Ms.
Monroe tried to usher the others out, but no one was moving.

''
God Dammit. Who is 'he'?”

Ororo:
“Magneto. If he's here we are in very big trouble.”

I
don't think I could describe the look that passed over my face, or
the faces of my friends. It was probably complete and utter horror.

Wanda:
“Please leave! You all have to leave now.”

I
made an about face, but before we even went anywhere, metal melded
over the door and we were trapped.

Man:
“What's the rush?”

I
turned around and it was him. It was the one I had seen slap Wanda. I
was amazed at the fear he struck in all of us at his old age. Wanda
rushed up to him and tried to pull him back. Metal pieces flew across
the room and formed something like a glove on his hand.

She
never got to finish her sentence, because he back handed her and she
flew into a large bookshelf. The books crashed down on her and she
was buried under everything. I hadn't know Wanda very long, but he
had no right. I sent a force beam his way, but it connected with a
shield and he wasn't even touched.

Magneto:
“You little twit.”

I
thought he was just in control of magnetism, but that was proven
wrong, when he launched a gamma ray from his palms. I was quick
enough to put up a shield, but I was still thrown back from the
force. I had never seen Logan look so worried before, because his
bones were covered by adamantium. Jamie stepped out in front of
everybody and started forming ice shards in the air. He was letting
them grow in size and then he launched them at Magneto. That shield
he had was very durable because nothing was going through. Ororo
created a strong wind, but all it did was knock books and stuff over.
Casey was the second to step up and she tried to enclose him in fire,
but they were extinguished almost instantly. Logan was getting
frustrated by now and as he unsheathed his claws a small smile passed
over Magneto's face.

Magneto:
“Always looking for a fight Logan. And I had almost forgotten
you were there.”

Before
any of us could do anything, Logan was in the air and flying towards
a bookshelf. He was repeatedly slammed into the wall and blood was
gushing out of his face. I couldn't take seeing that happen to him,
so I created a force beam from my hands and launched it at him. He
lost concentration on Logan to put more force behind his shield. I
was about to try something else when Jude and Carson stepped in front
of us. Carson was the first to move and he started to transform into
one of his monsters. He ripped the skin off of his body and when he
was done he was a wolf like creature. I thought he was going to
attack, but Jude placed his hand over Carson's head and started to do
some kind of incantation. There was a subtle change at first, and
then red lines started to burn into his fur and a shell like crown
formed on his head. Exquisite red lines etched into the crown and
were just as red as blood. I had never seen anything as disturbing as
Carson being demonized. He let out a long howl and charged at
Magneto. The old man was almost laughing at the thought that a dog
could pierce his shield, but when the crown tore through the shield
and Carson was clawing and biting at him, the laughs turned to
anguish. He was trying to keep the wolf at bay and when he finally
got a little breathing room he released the metal glove and formed it
into a spike. Carson may not have noticed or he might not have cared,
but he leaped for Magneto and the spike pierced through his chest and
came out threw his back. We all gasped in horror and as Carson
reverted to his true form, blood started gushing out of the wound and
out of his mouth. Storm started blasting Magneto with thunderbolts
and was holding him at bay while we all ran over to Carson. He was
bleeding freely and the color was draining from his body.

Casey:
“What do we do?”

''
We have to help him.”

Casey:
“Jamie.... Jamie do you know what to do?”

Jamie:
“No.... Look what happened the last time. I can't do it.”

We
were all hysteric...Everyone except for Jude.

Jude:
“Leave him be.”

Casey:
“What the fuck do you mean 'leave him be'?”

Jude:
“He's going to be fine.”

We
all looked at Jude in shock, but as Casey was standing to challenge
him, Carson gave a gurgling noise and all concentration was back on
him. His eyes were wide open and he had a faraway look in his eyes.
There was a moment when his skin took on a grayish tone and as it
receded the cavity in his chest started to close. After several
seconds his chest was closed and he was sitting up.

Jamie:
“What did you do to him?”

Jude:
“Possessed him with a guardian. Instead of Carson taking the
wound, the guardian did.”

We
were all relieved, but mystified all the same.

I
used telekinesis to pull Logan, Pietro, and Wanda towards us. Logan
was the only one who was groaning, but Wanda and Pietro were both
practically comatose. Jude had separated himself from us and had ran
over to fight Magneto just as Ororo was blasted into a wall.

Magneto:
“What can a mere child hope to accomplish against me?”

Jude
created two dark portals below and above Magneto and they started to
close in on him. He was in shock at first, but then he started
concentrating really hard on something. I didn't know what was going
on at first, but when I heard a cracking sound inside the walls, I
knew he was pulling at the support beams. I sent Jude a telepathic
message and he created a third portal and as we all stepped into it,
we were transported outside. I don't know why I did it, but I
concentrated on all the books in the shop and teleported them into my
room. I knew that Wanda would be upset at the ruin of her shop, but
hopefully the books would make up for something.

Casey

We
were all pretty shaken when we got back to the Mansion. Ororo had
communicated with Jean and they were waiting for us at the door when
we got back. They instantly took Pietro and Wanda to the Med Bay and
we were led to Xavier's office. He had a very stern look on his face
and I thought we were in for another lecture. We were standing there
for a long time and just waited until he said something. I thought he
was going to say something, but the office door opened and the rest
of the group came in. Story, Jubilee, Kevin, and Xander were followed
by Jean and Scott. We again waited a short while and the Professor
started to talk.

Professor:
“Since the arrival of Jamie, Casey, and Kevin, I've felt that I
was losing a grip on what my responsibilities were. It is my job to
protect and educate the students of this school, but in the case of
the seven of you, I have neglected to do so. I have even neglected to
train Carson and Jubilee because of their associations with you. For
that I sincerely apologize. I was not aware that Magneto was so close
and that Serenity had come in contact with his children. They will be
taking care of accordingly.”

Serenity:
“Professor..... They had no choice. They were scared of him.”

Professor:
“That doesn't make the things they did right.”

Serenity:
“It's not about right or wrong... It's about survival. They
were just trying to survive. That man was crazy.”

Professor:
“His mental state could be called into question, but at any
time they could have taken a stand.”

''
Professor you weren't there. For as old as he was, he took down all
of us. Storm was holding him off towards the end, but none of our
attacks worked. Carson did a little damage and Jude sucked him into
that portal, but nothing worked against him. If they would have stood
up to him, then they would have died.”

Professor:
“I understand that Casey, but they will still be dealt with.”

Serenity:
“You haven't changed for shit! This little speech is just a
ploy to get something you want.”

Jean:
“Serenity...”

Serenity:
“No. What a person does in their past is just that... The past.
They want to get away from him, and you can't even see.....”

Professor:
“Enough! I am in charge here. Not you!”

I
thought she was going to reply, but she raised out of her seat and
left the room. Scott tried to stop her, but she gave him a look and
he moved out of the way. Xander who hadn't gone with us, ran after
her. I was feeling exactly how Serenity was...

Professor:
“What I called you in here for was to announce that your mutant
training will begin Monday. Once Serenity has come to her senses you
can tell her. You are all dismissed.”

We
all filed out and after the teachers went their way, we walked
outside to the fountain, and Serenity and Xander were already
outside. Serenity was close to tears and Xander was trying to console
her. Carson, Story, Kevin, and Jamie sat next to each other on the
grass and myself, Jude, and Jubilee sat on the fountain.

Serenity:
“What did he say after we left?”

''
We're going to start training.”

Serenity:
“Oh he trusts us now? What a load of bullshit.”

Jubilee:
“Maybe he's nervous. I mean you guys took on Magneto.”

Jamie:
“What does that matter? We didn't beat him.”

Kevin:
“You didn't get beat either.”

''
And the only people who got hurt was Carson and Logan.”

Story:
“Carson.... What happened to you?”

Carson:
“It's nothing. It doesn't matter.”

Story:
“What do you mean it doesn't matter? Of course it matters.”

Carson:
“Story drop it. It's not important.”

Story:
“You're right it isn't.”

Story
got up and walked into the school, I could see her wipe her hand
across her eyes as she disappeared into the building. I wanted to say
something to Carson, but he seemed to be fighting his own feelings,
so I left it alone. I wondered what was going to happen when we
started training. We had never been in formal fighting situations,
and I didn't know what the Professor had planned for us.

Jamie:
“It almost doesn't seem worth it to start training. I think
this all goes back to what we heard before. What if we come into all
of our power? What if the Professor tries to limit our power?”

Serenity:
“Jean says the only way he can do that is telepathically. I
don't think we have to worry about that.”

Carson:
“I don't think there is a lot of training in my department.
Transform and fight.”

Jubilee:
“Well then I'm similar in that aspect. All I have is
fireworks.”

Jamie:
“You have something special. Be proud of it.”

They
kissed for a little bit and then separated.

Kevin:
“I think we should do the training. We learn more about our
powers, control, and we can earn back the Professor's trust.”

Serenity:
“Who cares about his trust? I don't trust him as far as I can
throw him.”

Jamie:
“Well depending on your power... I mean that could be pretty
far.”

We
all got a good laugh out of that, but Serenity didn't seem to think
it was funny.

Jamie:
“Anyway.... We have a few days, so that should let us clear our
thoughts and think about this rationally.”

Carson:
“The Professor can't limit your powers, but he can focus on
certain powers during training. I think you guys should make sure
during training he keeps things diverse.”

''
We'll definitely have to make sure of that.”

Serenity:
“I think I'm going to go see about Wanda.”

''
I'll come with you.”

We
said our “see ya' laters” and went back into the Mansion.

Serenity:
“Do you think she's still in the Med Bay?”

''
Probably. I'm surprised he didn't take her face off. That was so
messed up.”

Serenity:
“I wonder what happened to him. I mean he got sucked into one
of those portals. No telling where he went.”

''
At this point who cares. He's gone.”

Serenity:
“For now at least. I doubt that guy is just going to sit idle,
even if he doesn't know where he is.”

We
were almost at the elevators when I noticed that Story was sitting
alone in the kitchen. She had her head down and I could tell she was
still crying. I nudged Serenity on her arm and we both walked over to
see if she was okay. I honestly didn't want to get in the middle of
any of her and Carson's problems, but she was one of my closest
friends, so I was going to do what I could. Serenity and I sat down
opposite and just waited until she recognized us. When she finally
looked up, I tried to see if she was okay.

''
Hey you stormed off pretty fast.”

Story:
“I just had to get away from him.”

Serenity:
“So what's going on with you two anyway?”

Story:
“I understand why he's mad. I really do. But what I don't
understand is why he won't let me apologize! I've went to his room.
I've met him at his classes, but he won't hear me.”

''
Are you still trying to find her?”

Story:
“Not really. Not to the extent that I was before. I mean I
still have notes and stuff and check over things, but not so much
now.”

''
You just need to lay off of it completely. We're your friends and
we've got your back. But you can't dwell on that. Jude has moved on
and he's working through it. When it's time.... You'll know it.”

Serenity:
“Why do you think Carson isn't accepting your apology?”

Story:
“Carson's told me stuff.... Stuff that I can't repeat because I
promised, but he's been through a lot. And I think because we've been
together for a while, when I stopped being there, he felt like I was
abandoning him.”

Serenity:
“Well we'll have to figure out a way to get him to listen.”

''
Do you want to come to the Subbasement with us? We're going to check
on Wanda.”

Story:
“Sure.”

She
wiped her eyes and we made out way to the the basement. I didn't know
how Wanda would be out of the Med Bay, so that is where went first.
When the door opened we saw Mr. McCoy standing over Pietro with a
clipboard and he was hooked up to a machine. I saw Serenity look down
and I knew she was feeling bad about what happened to Pietro. We
walked through the room and although we saw Pietro, we didn't se
Wanda.

Serenity:
“Mr. McCoy?”

Hank:
“Serenity.... It's nice to see you again.”

Serenity:
“Thanks.... But where is Wanda? I figured she was still going
to be done here.”

Hank:
“Oh no! She's getting ready to be transported.”

Story:
“Transported where?”

Hank:
“To jail. The Professor has contacted the authorities. They are
being charged with past crimes, and Magneto is being searched for
right now.”

''
That's bullshit. How were they supposed to get away from him? He's a
psycho.”

Hank:
“I'm not charge of that ladies. Talk to the Professor.”

Serenity
rushed out of the room and we followed after her. I thought she was
going upstairs to talk to the Professor, but she went the opposite
way. I figured she was going to the Brig and when we got there, she
was all alone in a cell.

Serenity:
“Wanda.....”

Wanda:
“What do you want?”

Serenity:
“I never wanted this. Honest. I came to help you and get you
away from your father.”

Wanda:
“Well you did a great job Serenity. I'm definitely away from
him now, but I'm away from my brother too.”

''
We're really sorry. If we would have known the Professor was going to
do this, we would have gone somewhere else.”

Wanda:
“Who are you?”

I
introduced myself and then Story introduced herself.

Wanda:
“I can't believe this shit.”

Story:
“There has to be something we can do..... I mean she doesn't
deserve this. If she couldn't get away from him, she couldn't get
away from him.”

''
Like what? We can't do shit without getting in trouble with the
Professor.”

Serenity:
“Fuck the Professor. He's been off his rocker lately.”

Story:
“But Serenity.... What if she hasn't changed?”

Serenity:
“I don't think she was ever bad. Wouldn't you do what you
were told if he was telling you what to do?”

Wanda:
“Hey what are you guys talking about? You're all looking all
extra blank.”

''
Sorry.”

I
was about to try and think of something when Serenity pressed her
hand to the keypad and after a few seconds, the laser bars lowered
and Wanda stepped out of the cell. I wanted to ask Serenity what the
hell she thought she was doing, but I knew she didn't deserve to be
in there.

Story:
“Do you have any healing powers?”

Wanda:
“Not that I'm aware of. Why what's wrong with my brother?”

''
We're not sure, but he was hooked up to a machine.”

Serenity:
“Wanda I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to hit him that hard....
I didn't hit him that hard. I just think at the speed he was going,
it enhanced my kick.”

Wanda:
“It's fine. But I have to get my brother out of there.”

Story:
“I'll take care of Hank. Serenity and Casey see if you can
patch Pietro up.”

We
all left the room and that's when Story started working her magic. It
was like a mirage had appeared in front of me, but in my mind, I
could discern what was true.

Wanda:
“Wow! That's fascinating.”

We
moved down the hall towards the Med Bay and even though it was the
same setting, there was definitely something different. As we walked
into the Med Bay, Hank was writing something down on his chart and he
didn't even turn to look at it. I figured it had something to do with
Story's mirage, but I didn't worry about it. We walked over to Pietro
and besides the many cuts on his face, he had tubes coming out of his
nose and he had bandages wrapped around his waist. His breathing was
very choppy and I could tell he was really in pain. Serenity reached
out to touch him and she pulled back her hand like it was on fire.

Serenity:
“He's burning up.”

''
What do we do?”

Story:
“We have to get him out of here. We have to get both of you out
of here.”

Serenity:
“I can try and heal him, but I'm not sure what would
happen....”

''
Just try it.”

She
placed both of her hands on Pietro's head and after concentrating for
a while, the cuts started fading and Pietro started breathing
regularly. It was a little while before he opened his eyes, but when
he did he was instantly on alert. He slid out of the bed, but when he
saw Wanda with us, he slightly calmed down.

Pietro:
“Wanda what's going on?”

Wanda:
“Get on some clothes. We're getting out of here and we're
getting as far away from here and father as possible.”

Pietro:
“Where are we going to go Wanda? Helping him has alienated us
from everyone. We don't have anywhere to go.”

Wanda:
“We'll think of something. We just have to get out of here.”

I
looked over at Story and it looked like she was blinking back a
headache.

''
Story what's wrong?”

Story:
“I don't know. I think Mr. McCoy knows something is wrong.”

Serenity:
“We have to get you guys out of here now.”

''
I thought you created an illusion of some sort. He's supposed to
think things are normal.”

Story:
“I know that! I'm trying okay. Not only do I have to create an
illusion, but I have to get inside Mr. McCoy's mind and make sure if
he decides to touch him, he's actually feeling something.”

Serenity:
“Will you two stop arguing for a second? We have to figure out
a way to get them out of here.”

We
made our way to the ground floor and I realized just how much power
Story was exerting. She had created an illusion that the whole school
was being affected by. We had almost gotten out of the door, but when
Wanda reached for the handle, it wouldn't budge. She tried repeatedly
to open it, but it just wouldn't move. I looked back to look at
Story, but she was frozen in the air alongside Serenity and Pietro.
The illusion she had created was gone and almost the whole school was
in the foyer. I looked pass Serenity and Story and Jean was holding
the three of them with her telekinesis. I was tempted to attack her,
but I held back.

''
They're innocent.”

Jean:
“It's not my say..... The Professor is ordering them to be
taken in. If you help them, then you will most likely be joining
them.”

''
Jean..... I'm asking you to listen.... What would you.....”

Jean:
“Casey!”

''
No Ms. Grey! Listen to me. What would you do if you were in their
shoes? What would you do? How would you come up against them? No
backup? No help from anyone who could possibly understand? How do you
come up against the man who could annihilate.... A man who has the
power to annihilate humans. If we let that happen, it's over.”

Jean:
“Casey I.....”

''
What would you do Jean? Tell me!”

Jean:
“I don't know.”

''
I didn't think so.”

I
blasted her with a psionic bolt and Serenity, Pietro and Casey were
instantly let go. Wanda snatched the door open and they all
disappeared outside. By now Jean was getting up, and I could tell she
was pissed off. She started walking towards me and I could see the
malice in her eyes. For just a second, I thought I saw fire burning
in her eyes. With a flick of her wrist, the door slammed shut and was
sealed shut. To be honest, I was quite afraid because I had never
seen Jean look so menacing. I was about to say something, but my
windpipe was instantly blocked. I struggled for air and as my vision
started dimming, but before I felt like I was going to completely
pass out, I saw my friends coming down the stairs. Kevin and Jamie
both blasted Jean at the same time and she was thrown against a wall
and slid down to the ground unconscious. I held onto the door for
support and tried to gain control over my breathing. I saw the other
teachers running towards us and I knew there was going to be trouble.
Carson, Jude, Jamie, Xander, Kevin, and Jubilee who was holding
Morgan had since come to my side and we were facing all the teachers.
Logan and Scott both looked at Jean sprawled on the floor and they
were instantly ready to attack. Storm, Hank, Betsy, and even Rogue
also looked like they were ready to attack at a moment's notice. Hank
attempted to wake Jean up, but she had been hit really hard.

Kevin:
“We have to get out of here right now.”

Carson:
“How the hell are we going to get out of here? There's nowhere
for us to go.”

Jamie:
“We'll have to blast away the door. It's the only way.”

Carson:
“Wait....Serenity left with you..... Where are they? Where is
Story?”

''
Outside. We have to get out there now. I don't know who they sent to
head them off.”

Xander:
“What's going on? Why would they be trying to stop Serenity?”

Jubilee:
“You didn't? Please do not tell me you guys helped them
escape.”

''
It wasn't supposed to happen like this. Somehow Hank fought through
the illusion.”

Kevin:
“What are we going to do now?”

Jubilee:
“I think I can help.”

Jubilee
started screwing up her face and seconds later there was a cracking
sound coming from the door. I thought someone was trying to get in,
but the door exploded into a million pieces and as Jamie threw up a
shield, we escaped outside. I scanned the ground for Story, but I
couldn't track them at all. I had the worst feeling in the pit of my
stomach, but just as I was about to start yelling for them, Serenity
came out of a group of bushes. She motioned to everybody and we
followed her silently into the woods. We walked for about five
minutes and then came to a clearing where Wanda, Story and Pietro
were sitting on a dead log. Story powered up, but when she could
clearly see us, she relaxed again.

''
We're fucked!”

Xander:
“We all just need to get off of the grounds.”

Kevin:
“I think Carson and Jubilee should go back. They have nothing
to do with this.”

Jubilee:
“What kind of bullshit is that?”

Carson:
“Dude that's not cool. We're all in this together.”

''
It might be safer is you guys did go back.”

Jubilee:
“Screw that. I'm the one who got us out of that.”

Jamie:
“Look we know they aren't going to go, so just leave it alone.
Besides we're a group. All of us.”

Wanda:
“Can you all please just stop arguing for a second. How the
hell are we going to get out of here?”

Kevin:
“If your dad wasn't such a fucking lunatic, we wouldn't even be
in this shit right now.”

Wanda:
“You don't think I know that? Why do you think we needed to get
out of there?”

Jubilee
looked over at Pietro who looked like he was close to tears and he
hadn't said a word at all.

Jubilee:
“Who's he?”

Serenity:
“I should have introduced you....”

She
pointed to Wanda and Pietro and introduced them and then she pointed
at everyone else and introduced them.

Pietro:
“Now that the damn pleasantries are over..... Can we please get
the hell out of here?”

Wanda:
“What's the best way to get out of here?”

''
I don't know. I've never been back this way.”

Xander:
“I have..... Follow me.”

We
started walking and Jude's curiosity got the best of him, but mine
was definitely following close behind.

Jude:
“What were you doing back here?”

Xander:
“It's not important.”

He
grabbed Xander by his arm and spun him around.

Jude:
“Xander what have you been doing back here?”

Xander:
“Why the hell are you questioning me?”

Jamie:
“Guys it's not that important.”

Jude:
“Sorry... This shit is just putting me really on edge.”

That
seemed to hold Xander over for the moment and as we made our way
further away from the Mansion, it was easy to start relaxing. It had
been about a half hour and it finally seemed like the trees were
thinning, but Xander took us in a different direction and they
thickened back up.

''
Are you sure you know where you're going?”

Xander:
“Yeah.... We should be coming up to the Town Hall now. We need
to find a decent place to stay.....”

Kevin:
“Wait! Wait! Wait! What about our cars?”

We
all stopped and looked at each other. We needed cars.

Jamie:
“Two of us could go back.”

Serenity:
“No they'll be waiting.”

Story:
“Jude could you like summon them or something?”

Jude:
“I'm not sure. I'll have to go back.”

Xander:
“Let's get to a spot first.”

We
made it out of the woods and we were looking directly at Libby's
Inn. It was a really cozy looking place, and after I paid for the
largest room they had, Jude decided to go back to the school.

Jubilee:
“I'll come with you..... I'll be able to hold them at bay while
you get the cars here.”

''
I'm coming too, but how are we going to get the cars back here with
no one noticing?”

Story:
“I'll take care of it. You guys get out of here and if you're
not back in a half hour, we're coming back to get you.”

Jude:
“That won't be necessary.”

Carson:
“You guys be careful okay.”

''
Make sure you give Story her space. She's gonna need to concentrate.”

Jubilee
handed Morgan off to Jamie and as Jude created a portal in the air,
we all walked into it. It only took us a second before we were
standing right in front of the garage. I asked Jubilee to keep a
lookout and Jude and I walked into the garage. The cars were
untouched, but I had a feeling that it was going to be a simple act
of sending them to the motel. I walked over to my car and got on the
ground to see if there was some kind of device on bottom of the car.
There was nothing visible, but that didn't make me feel any better.
Jude was doing the same to his car, but when he stood up, he had the
same look I did.

Jude:
“I doubt they just left them alone.”

''
Me too. What do you want to do?”

Jude:
“We could just send them and then take care of it.....”

''
But if they have a tracking device or something..... then they could
find us.”

Jude:
“True. This is bullshit.”

He
reached his hand to the door handle and snatched it open and that's
when it went downhill. An alarm started blazing and not even seconds
later, Jean, Hank, Betsy, Ororo, Logan, Rogue, and some guy named
Kurt stepped into the garage. Jubilee came in and she was being
followed by another student who I think was named Piotr. Jubilee
distanced herself from the big guy and then we were back to back.....
surrounded! Jean stepped forward and I could tell she was still
pissed, because she looked like she wanted to jump me right there.

Logan:
“The Professor wants to see you.... All of you!”

Jude:
“That's not going to happen......”

Jubilee:
“We're not here to fight, we just came for the cars.”

Jean:
“You'll report to the Professor's office immediately.”

''
I think not......”

I
had never seen Jubilee move so fast in all the time I've known her.
It looked like she was dancing as she sent firework after firework.
They were scattered by the time she was finished and as I scanned for
any devices on the cars, Jude started opening portals to send them
away. I was about to scan the last car which was Jamie's, when
Jubilee flew past me and crashed into the wall. I looked around and
Jean had a look of accomplishment on her face because Jubilee was now
out of the equation. I could see Jude battling off against the big
guy who was now covered completely in metal, Rogue, Hank, and Betsy.
He was holding his own well enough, so I turned back to the people in
front of me. Jean was by far the most menacing at this point, but I
wasn't thinking about that. Ororo couldn't do much in this confined
space, but she had lighting dancing on the tips of her fingers,
waiting to attack. The other blue guy Kurt was dancing from foot to
foot and he was only a concern because I didn't know what his powers
were. Logan was looking menacing as usual, and of course I was scared
as hell of him. Logan stepped up to me and even though I was
afraid......I withheld on attacking. He got almost a foot away from
me and when he started talking it was in an extremely low voice.

Logan:
“Casey listen to reason...... You can not defeat us all. You
let prisoners go...... Prisoners who have tried to destroy the world
as we know it.”

''
I trust my friend. Serenity wouldn't have released them if she didn't
have complete faith in them.”

Logan:
“They are criminals......Countless people have died behind
their schemes.”

''
How many people have you killed Logan? How many dead people are on
your conscience? If you think you can stop me..... Go ahead and try
it.”

Logan:
“Then so be it.”

I
almost didn't have time to react before Logan tried to take my head
off. I did a back-flip away from him and as I was rising up, Storm
sent a bolt of electricity right at my chest. I was blasted into the
wall which was followed by Jean holding me down with telekinesis. I
tried my best to get up, but I was motionless because of Jean. I was
almost going to give up when the ground underneath Jean and the
others started to rumble and then exploded. They were all thrown into
the air and Jean lost concentration and I was released. Jubilee was
back off of the ground and she was throwing fireworks left and right.
I was about to send a blast of psionic energy at Jean, but I stopped
when I smelled brimstone in the air. I looked around to see who else
could have possibly joined the fight, but when I turned my attention
back to Jean, someone jump-kicked me in the stomach. I keeled over in
pain and then a fist crashed into my face sending me to the ground. I
looked up, but when I did, there was nobody there. I got up off of
the ground and looked around again and there was still only Jean,
Logan, and Ororo going against Jubilee. I noticed that the only guy
missing was Kurt, so his power had to be teleportation. I was looking
around wildly, but I was still caught by surprise when I was punched
in the face from almost every angle. I was again on the ground and
Kurt finally came to view in front of me. He reached over his
shoulders and pulled out two identical Pappenheimer ( German Rapier
Sword) swords from his back. I got up off of the ground and faced him
with no fear. I created two psionic tantō short swords and
waited for him to make a move. I was standing there for almost a
complete minute, when he suddenly disappeared in a cloud of smoke and
appeared right next to me. I avoided the swipe of his sword just
barely, and kicked him as hard as I could in his ribs. I thought he
would have been down for a little bit, but as he was flying through
the air, he disappeared in another cloud of black smoke...... I ran
away from the spot I was currently in and tried to find a spot where
he couldn't get behind me. I was wondering why he hadn't resurfaced,
but it gave me time to take in my surroundings. Jude had the metal
guy and Hank unconscious, but he was still fighting Rogue and Betsy.
She had created a psionic sword also and Jude was trying his best to
avoid them. Rogue had borrowed powers from Ms. Monroe, so she had a
strong wind going and she was sending thunderbolt after thunderbolt
at Jude. Jubilee was trying to fight Logan, Jean and Ororo, but she
was having a hard time. I created force ball and sent it crashing
into Ororo's back and she crashed to the floor. Logan saw this and
instead of continuing the fight with Jubilee, he advanced on me and
unsheathed his claws. I was going to face him head on, but I didn't
move from my spot because of Kurt. He finally teleported back, but
now he had Scott and a guy with red eyes I had never seen at the
school before. Cyclops wasn't even there for a good couple seconds
before he sent a force beam at me. I got a shield up fast enough and
as he stopped firing at me, I expanded the shield in his direction
and he was knocked off of his feet and slammed into one of the
pillars holding up the garage. I turned back to Logan, but a pair of
glowing Aces were flying at me, I was going to throw up a shield, but
the cards exploded and I was blasted back and I crashed to the
ground. I didn't even know this guy and he was attacking me! I
floated into the air and started channeling all of my energy. If they
wanted a piece of me, then they were definitely about to get it. I
was a little concerned, because control had never been my strongest
point, but I wasn't worried about that at the moment. I was hardly
aware of my surroundings, but I saw Jude grab Jubilee by her hand,
get in the car, and then the car was sucked into a portal and they
were gone. I was aware of Scott sending a force beam at me before he
did it, and when it should have knocked me out of the air, it was
just fuel for my fire. I wasn't even fully aware of what was going
on, but it felt like an out of body experience as I blasted each and
every one of the adults. I wasn't aware of when I landed on the
ground and I wasn't aware of someone picking me up and disappearing
on the spot. I wasn't aware because the strain of using so much power
left me unconscious.

Kevin

This
was the second time this shit had happened. Once Jude and Jubilee had
returned in Jamie's car, without Casey, I was gone instantly. I found
Casey against the wall unconscious, so I grabbed her up and we were
gone. My heart was honestly wrenching in two, because I didn't know
if she was going to be okay this time. Jude said he had never seen
anyone use so much power, and witnessing her lose control before, I
knew what he was talking about. I was laying on the bed next to her
with my head on her shoulder, while Story kept placing cold rags on
her forehead. Burning up wouldn't even be a description for how hot
she was.

Story:
“Do you think she'll be okay?”

''
I hope so.....This happened once before and she was okay.”

Story:
“She'll be fine. We just need to keep checking on her.”

'' They gone?”

Story:
“Yeah.....Carson and Jude got them on the train.”

''
That's good....How is Morgan doing?”

Story:
“She's in there playing around with Serenity and Xander. You
know they are both big kids at heart.”

''
That's for sure. Jamie?”

Story:
“I'm not sure. I know he was in the bathroom for a bit, but
Jubilee went in there and then they left.”

''
Do you ever think he still has feelings for Casey? I mean I know he's
with Jubilee, but......”

I
was about to leave the conversation alone, but then Jude and Carson
walked in and they looked visibly upset. I saw Story out of the
corner of my eye and when she saw Carson, she became visibly upset.

''
What's up?”

Carson:
“They're looking everywhere.”

Jude:
“How are you keeping this up Sis?”

Story:
“A lot of damn concentration.”

There
was a knock at the door and we all looked at the door in alarm. Even
Morgan stopped her baby noises.... There was another series of knocks
and then it stopped. I got off of the bed and went to the window to
see if I could see anybody, but there was no in sight.

Story:
“Who is it?”

''
I don't see anybody out there.”

Xander:
“Open the door.”

Serenity:
“No.... It could be the teachers.”

Story:
“How..... The illusion is still working.”

''
Maybe one of them fought through it again.”

Story:
“Just open the door.”

I
waited a few seconds and then finally opened the door. Jubilee and
Jamie were on the other side and they were looking pissed....I found
it kind of comical going through all that and it was just these two.

Jamie:
“What the hell took you guys so long?”

Carson:
“We thought it might have been them.”

Jubilee:
“We all just need a good night's rest and we'll figure
everything out in the morning.”

Jamie:
“She's still hasn't woken up?”

'' No....”

Story:
“She'll be fine..... She just needs to rest.”

Everyone
was actually pretty tired, so we all went to sleep. I was the only
guy who was on an actual bed, because I wanted to sleep next to
Casey... just in case she woke up. Serenity, Story, and Jubilee took
the other bed and Xander, Jude, Jamie, and Carson each had cots that
we had gotten from the hostess. Little Morgan was laying on my chest
and as everyone was falling asleep, I was still wide awake. I was
taking in everything that had happened since we came to the mansion,
and thinking about how my life had changed. I honestly had some of
the best friends that anybody could ask for. My girlfriend was the
best and she had a daughter that I fell in love with. Morgan was such
a good kid and I always regretted the way I treated Casey when I
found out about her. I clearly wasn't going to sleep, so I got out of
the bed and me and Morgan went outside. She wasn't sleeping either,
so I just walked her around the perimeter of the building just to
waste some time. At least one of us should be able to get some sleep
tonight. I was always on the lookout for the teachers, but after a
while Morgan fell asleep in my arms, so I went back to the room. I
fell back on the bed with Morgan on my chest and just tried to fall
asleep.......That didn't happen for three more hours.

~
~ ~

'' I'm so happy
you're okay!”

Casey:
“Of course I'm okay.”

I
was feeling so good right now. When Casey walked in the door, eating
a bagel with Morgan in her arms, I almost jumped right out of my
skin. I got off of the bed and was kissing her before she made it
halfway across the room. Everyone pretty much woke up around the time
and they were all happy to see that Casey had recovered. We had to
get ready for check-out, so Story was the first person in the shower
and we just talked while we waited for her.

Jude:
“We thought you were a goner.”

Casey:
“I'm sorry you guys....You guys could have been really hurt.”

Jubilee:
“I saw Jean throw up a shield, but I don't know if it helped.”

Jamie:
“We need to figure out what to do.... We need to be away from
the Mansion for a while.”

Serenity:
“That's an understatement.”

Carson:
“Cool! We're going on a road-trip.”

'' Not a
road-trip.... Just a place to recoup.”

Jamie:
“The problem is we don't have anywhere to go. I think my people
have had enough of me for a little while.”

Casey:
“My family is out.”

Kevin:
“Mine too.”

Serenity:
“You guys already know my situation.”

Carson:
“And mine.”

Jubilee:
“And mine.”

Jude:
“I'll be damned if I go to my parent's house.”

'' That settles
it. There's no place to go.”

Xander:
“Yes there is......”

Jude:
“Your place? I don't think that's.....”

Story:
“That's perfect!”

We
all turned as Story came out of the bathroom, and for a minute I was
caught off guard because she walked out naked with just her hands
covering her body.

Story:
“I forgot my towel....”

Serenity:
“Uh huh...... Whatever.”

She
used telekinesis to wrap a towel around her body and went back into
the bathroom. I was going to return to the conversation, but Story
stuck her head back out the bathroom and she had a funny look on her
face.

Casey:
“What is it?”

Story:
“In our haste to get out of there, did anyone grab any
clothes?”

DAMN!
We looked around and the only clothes were what we were wearing.

Story:
“Can someone run to the store? I'm not putting the same clothes
back on.”

'' They're
probably still patrolling....”

Story:
“I don't care. I need some clothes.”

Serenity:
“I'll go. Come on Carson.”

Carson:
“What.... Why do I have to go?”

Serenity:
“Because I said so..... Get up and let's go!”

He
groaned, but followed Serenity out the door.

Jude:
“I don't think we should go to your house Xander.”

Jubilee:
“Why not? We've never met Xander's family and he said they were
cool with him being a mutant.”

Xander:
“They're not necessarily cool with it, but they accept me.”

Jude:
“Still.... It's just not a good idea.”

Jubilee:
“Is there something going on that we don't know about?”

Jude:
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?”

Jamie:
“You guys have just been acting really strange around each
other lately.”

Xander:”It's
nothing.”

Casey:
“Phew! That's good because for a second, I thought you guys
were having a lover's quarrel.(laughing)”

Their
faces hit the ground and the room was dead silent. Xander was
light-skinned, but I had never seen him turn so pale before. We all
looked back and forth between them and I could see tears forming in
Xander's eyes. He started to get up, but I grabbed his arm and pulled
him back down. He kept trying to wiggle free from me, so I pushed him
to the ground and straddled his waist so he couldn't move. I was
about to start talking, but he threw a right hook and I was almost
knocked off of him. I grabbed both of his arms, pinned them to the
ground and hoped he would stop moving. I looked at his face and I
could tell he wanted to break down and cry. I slowly released his
arm, but I didn't get off of him. He finally relaxed and a few tears
escaped from his eyes. I looked to over and Jude was against the wall
with a shocked expression on his face. I already knew about his
sexual orientation, but I had thought that Xander was straight.

'' Xander
what's up? Casey made a joke and you damn near shit yourself.”

I
slowly rolled off of him and let him up. He still had a hurt look in
his eyes, but I wanted the full story. He took us all in, but he
looked at me the hardest. I was sure that he heard what I had said
about Jamie, so he was probably skeptical about admitting anything
while I was there. I grabbed him by his shoulders and picked him up
and directed him to the bed.

'' Xander
what's up?”

Jamie:
“You're our friend Xander and we just want to know what's up.”

Xander:
“I don't know what I want......Jude and I have been talking,
but that's about it.”

'' So that
means you're gay?”

He
looked at me with fear in his eyes, but I draped my arm over his
shoulder and gave him a reassuring smile. I was done worrying about
who my friends were fucking.... If they were gay, straight, bisexual,
or whatever, it didn't matter to me anymore. He finally seemed to
relax and it seemed like he wormed his way under my arm a little
more.

I
looked over to him and he just had this look that said he really
didn't want to answer that question. I looked back at Xander and he
had the same look, but after I gave him a look, he started talking
again.

Xander:
“Before my accident, me and my best friend Riley used to mess
around, and we've been talking since I got here.”

Jamie:
“So you don't want Xander to see his best friend?”

Jude: “It's
not like that.....It's just....”

Casey:
“You think if he sees this Riley guy, all these old feelings
are going to come up and he's going to forget how he feels about
you.”

Xander:
“I told him he had nothing to worry about..... Riley's probably
half way to being married right about now. The last time I talked to
him, he had some girl all laid up in his house.”

Jamie:
“The fact of the matter is, we need a place to go, and if
Xander's people can take us in........”

Jude:
“I understand....Okay?”

The
conversation dwindled after that and a few minutes later, Serenity
and Carson came back. She had more bags than I thought she would
bring back, so I was a little suprirsed.

Serenity:
“We bought clothes for everybody, because I know damn well I'm
not changing back into the same shit.”

Serenity
brought an outfit into Story, and when she came out we each followed
suit, showered up, and got out of there. While Serenity was in the
shower, I turned to Carson and asked how things were on the outside.

Carson:
“It's crazy. We saw the teachers a few times, but they even
have other kids looking for us. It's like we're fugitives or
something.... We just need to get the hell out of dodge.”

Xander:
“We're going to my house. I'll call my parents when we get on
the road.”

I
looked over to him and was taken aback for a second because he was
pulling on his underwear, but when I looked at Jude, he was all eyes.
He had a small smirk on his face and I thought maybe they were having
a secret show or something. It was kinda funny actually.

Carson:
“I was afraid for a second, because we passed Bobby more than a
couple times, but he didn't even look at us twice.”

Jubilee:
“I'm surprised Jean wasn't able to find you guys.”

Carson:
“Serenity put up a mind block..... I think.”

Casey
started getting Morgan dressed and ready to go and as Serenity came
out of the shower, we started getting shit together. We were out in
the next couple minutes, so we made out way to the cars while Jamie
handed the key in. I was getting in the car, when I looked over and
Jean was looking right at us. We all seemed to freeze on the spot,
but after a few seconds, she shook her head and kept going. I was a
little miffed for a second, but I just got in the car, started it,
and as everyone piled in, we set off. We passed so many of the
Mansion's students and as we made it to the end of the street and as
we rounded the corner, Logan was right there. He looked at the car
for such a long time, but he never advanced on us.

'' Okay what
the hell is going on? Logan could sense us with out even sniffing
twice.”

Story:
“I've kept my shield up against them. It's made to block out
any special attributes the teacher's have. When Logan is in our
vicinity it blocks out his senses, and Jean can't scan for us.”

I'm
so so sorry this chapter took so long to get out, but I've been busy
and I'm moving to Pittsburgh, PA soon, so I've been getting ready
for that.

I
really hope you all like the new chapter and I know it's taken
forever to come out. And I had a serious case of writer's block, so
that chapter is kind of short....but whatever.

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